ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,609, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).
"Augmented reality riding course generation" was invented by Edmund Graves Brown (Los Angeles), Benjamin Lucas (San Francisco), Jonathan M. Rodriguez II (La Habra, Calif.) and Richard Zhuang (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "AR-enhanced gameplay includes a map of a course including a plurality of virtual objects, the map corresponding to a location in the real world and defining a track along which participants can ride on personal mobility systems such as scooters. Virtual objects are displayed in the fields of view of participants' augmented reality d...